Ashok Kumar Gopalan

Educational Qualifications
1998 Graduation in Painting, Govt. RRCFA, Mavelikara, Kerala, India
2001 Postgraduate in Graphic Art (MFA), Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

Present Status
Professional Artist Based on Kerala, India

Awards
2022 Jackson Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc. Grant, New York
2008 Jackson Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc. Grant, New York
2007 State Award by the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Thrissur, India
2003 All India Fine Arts & Craft Society Award, New Delhi, India
2002 Honourable Mention, Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, Thrissur
2000 Special Mention Award by Kerala Lalitha Academy, Thrissur
1997 & 99 Raja Ravi Varma Honourable Mention (Raja Ravi Varma Cultural Society, Kilimanoor)

Solo Exhibitions
2018 Tales under the Monsoon Clouds (Two men Show) at Dravidian Art Gallery, Fort Kochi, India
2009 Accidentally on Purpose at Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, India
2006 Exhibition of Lithographs at Kashi Art Café, Kochi, India
2001 Solo Exhibition Presented by Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi at Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India

Group Exhibitions
2021 ‘LokameTharavadu’ Curate by Bosekrishnamachari, organized by Kochi Biennale Foundation, Alappuzha, Kerala
2021 Kerala Lalithakala Academy State Exhibition, DH Gallery, Kochi
2019 SHOW CHAUD UN at Indo-French Contemporary Art Space, Cochin
2018 59th National Exhibition of Art by National Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi
2018 Under One Sky-2 Inter National Exhibition at Kottayam, Kerala
2018 Monsoon Art International Exhibition at MNF, Kochi
2018 JAIVAM, Group Exhibition, MG University, Kottayam, Kerala
2017 Elements Triva presents at Alliance Francaise Art Gallery, Trivandrum
2017 Under One Sky Group Exhibition at DB Hall, Kochi
2016 Art One at AVANI, Kozhikode, Kerala
2016 Pagan Fest, MNF, Museum, Edappally, Ernakulam
2016 God’s Own Country, Aalankritha Art Gallery, Hyderabad
2016 Unveiling of the VR Green Art Car Project in collaboration with Artchutney, Bangalore
2016 Invisible realities at Art-ville Cafe, Bangalore
2016 Alert, Not Alarm Durbar Hall Art Centre at Kochi
2016 Fragmented Translation Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi
2015 Suvarnam Mammen Mapila Hall, Kottayam
2015 Sangamam RRCFA, Mavelikara, Alappuzha
2015 Clipboard Durbar Hall Art Centre, Kochi
2014 The Print Makers in South India, Art Houz Gallery, Chennai and Bangalore
2014 Group Show, Barat-Bhawan, Bhopal, India
2014 Lithography Show, David Hall, Kochi Organized by Central Academy, New Delhi
2013 to 16 Annual Show, KLK State Academy, Durbar hall, Eranakulam, India
2013 Group Show, Regional Centre, Garhi, New Delhi
2012 Resurgence-2012, VAM Art Inc, Gallery, New Jersey, USA
2011 Gallery Collection Show Curetted by Abhishek Poddar, Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore
2011 Art Fair, UB City, Art Ville Gallery, Bangalore
2009-10 EVIDENTIA, Gallery Sumukha, Chennai & Bangalore, India
2008 Tracing Erasures Durbar Hall at Kochi
2007 3 Dimensions Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore
1996-2007 Annual State Exhibition KLK Academy, Kerala
2006 The Wonder that was India Group Show, Tyler Art gallery, Philadelphia
2001 Birla Academy Annual Exhibition, Kolkatta
1999 India-Japan Exchange Exhibition of Prints, Saga Art College, Japan
1998 South Indian Rank Holders Exhibition (Best of 98), Chennai

Camps
2017 National Painting Camp at Ponmudii by Kerala LalithaKala, Akademi, India
2016 Prayanam-Painting camp at poomala, by Kerala LalithaKala, Akademi, India
2016 Adoor painting Camp, by KLK Akademi
2015 Sangamam at RRCFA, Mavelikara, by KLK Akademi
2014 National Lithography Camp at Bharat Bhawan, Bhopal, India
2013 National Lithography Camp, Garhi, New Delhi organized by Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre, New Delhi, India
2013 Painters Camp at KILA, collaborated by KLK Akademi & South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjore, India
2013 Etching Camp at CFA, collaborated by KLK Akademi & CLK Akademi, Regional Centre, Chennai, India
2007 National Art Festival at Manipal University, Udupi Organized by Central Lalit Kala Akademi, Regional Centre,Chennai, India
2007 National Painters Camp-Swaswara at Gokarna, Karnataka organized by Kerala State Lalitha Kala Academy, India